Kids Talk Workshops Are Open!

Montessori Professional Development

Earlier this year I reopened one of my Kids Talk Workshops, Unscramble Spelling, after revamping it. I was curious to see if there would be any interest in the course, as it had been closed for over two years.  The response was favorable, so I’ve revamped three other courses, just in time to help out for […]


Think Big With Montessori Education

Think Big with Montessori Education

It was a quiet September morning, sitting around drinking coffee.  We were on vacation with friends and talking about what to do for the day. Then an email came in announcing that Jeff Bezos was investing $2 Billion for free Montessori-inspired preschools.  All plans for the day were put on hold. The game began. The […]


FREE WEBINAR | Helping Children Learn To Listen

helping children learn to listen

In my many years of working with young children, there is one question I hear frequently from parents and teachers: How do I get children to listen to me? When we are confronted with tantrums, defiant behavior, or worse, it’s difficult to know what to do. But these situations are usually avoidable, or at least […]


FREE WEBINAR | Planning For Summer Fun

Planning For Summer Fun

Are you concerned about having enough activities to fill up the entire summer? At home and at school? In this instant webinar, Planning For Summer Fun… Parent or teacher you’ll learn: All in under 15 minutes! Plus you’ll get an action guide to help you put it all together. Sign up below and you’ll go […]


FREE WEBINAR | Building Strong Family Relationships

Building Strong Family Relationships

What I have learned is that strong relationships that last a lifetime don’t just “happen”. Strong relationships require intentional work. If building relationships were easy, we’d have very few regrets in our lives. Building relationships is messy work. In this webinar, you’ll learn three ways to build strong relationships every day. You’ll also find out […]


FREE WEBINAR | Teaching Your Children Values

Teaching Your Children Values

In today’s world there appears to be a leadership culture that promotes ideas and actions that go against time-tested universal principles of human behavior. These principles have worked to build healthy individuals and cultures all over the world for thousands of years.  We know that there are physical laws, such as gravity, that if we […]


FREE EVENT | Childhood Potential Conference

2024 Childhood Potential

The Childhood Potential Online Montessori Conference 2024 is coming up January 29 – February 2 and I’m excited to be one of the speakers. I’ll be speaking on the first day on Building Brains the Montessori Way. This conference is not just an event, it’s a five-day festival of learning and inspiration! Each day is a […]


FREE WEBINAR | What About Kindergarten? A Montessori Perspective

What about kindergarten?

It’s a perennial problem for Montessori schools. How can we show parents the importance of the third year of our programs for children 3 to 6 years old? Because the third year in a Montessori program is truly a leap year! This is a session that you will want to let all of your school […]


FREE TRAINING | Managing Oneself

Managing Oneself by Peter Drucker

As much as people say, “That person is a born leader,” the fact remains that we can learn to become a leader. I’d like to invite you to join a six-week complimentary email course, Managing Oneself, to learn how to be a better leader. Too often the terms leadership and management are used interchangeably.  Leadership […]


FREE WEBINAR | Living Life Unplugged

living life unplugged

Ten years ago our concern as parents and teachers was more about television usage. Now with phones and tablets we have difficulty unplugging and disconnecting from our electronic world.  Beeps and tweets are headed toward us 24 hours a day. What does this all mean in terms of our children’s overall development?  Please join me […]